Assessment of Endothelial and Microvascular Function in CKD: Older and Newer Techniques, Associated Risk Factors, and Relations with Outcomes | Zendy

Marieta Theodorakopoulou | Zendy; Maria Schoina | Zendy; Pantelis Sarafidis | Zendy

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Assessment of Endothelial and Microvascular Function in CKD: Older and Newer Techniques, Associated Risk Factors, and Relations with Outcomes

Author(s) -

Marieta Theodorakopoulou,

Maria Schoina,

Pantelis Sarafidis

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

american journal of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 85

eISSN - 1421-9670

pISSN - 0250-8095

DOI - 10.1159/000512263

Subject(s) - medicine , endothelial dysfunction , endothelium , cardiology , population , kidney disease , microcirculation , intensive care medicine , environmental health

Endothelium is the inner cellular lining of the vessels that modulates multiple biological processes including vasomotor tone, permeability, inflammatory responses, hemostasis, and angiogenesis. Endothelial dysfunction, the basis of atherosclerosis, is characterized by an imbalance between endothelium-derived relaxing factors and endothelium-derived contracting factors.

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